Network integration continues at a swift pace and has been done in 10 circles – West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, North East, J&K, Bihar and Punjab along with part of the Delhi circle. Network capacity in these circles has increased 34% qoq post integration.
The company is seeing higher data traffic growth in these circles which is driving higher revenue growth. The company has already removed surplus equipment on 24,000 sites out of the total 67,000 co-located sites and has also exited 9,900 low utilization sites.
They expect capacity to increase further by 30% in the next quarter. To augment capacity, the company has added 8,915 4G TDD sites during the quarter and have also deployed massive MIMO on around 2,000 sites in select locations.
Company is executing its network investments by planning at a district level and prioritizing regions, which have higher revenue potential and superior current competition positioning of VIL. They have also deployed massive MIMO on around 2,000 sites in key locations. Their current 4G population coverage reaches 65% compared to less than 50% in August. The company seeks 4G coverage for 1 bn pop by end-FY2020.
